1st Edition

Assessment And Testing In The Primary School

By Colin Conner Copyright 1990
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 2004. The terms ‘assessment’ and ‘testing’ conjure up all sorts of images in most people’s minds. Rows of desks in quiet halls, working to the clock, trying to remember the answers to obscure and sometimes irrelevant questions. Recent invitations to teachers to reflect upon an occasion when they remember being assessed or tested drew up long-forgotten memories of the 11-plus or... Read more
Chapter 1 Exploring Teachers’ Views about Assessment; Chapter 2 Assessment, Testing and the National Curriculum; Chapter 3 Two Steps Backwards, One Step Forwards? The Implications of Testing and Assessment for the Primary School; Chapter 4 Strategies for Assessment: Observation; Chapter 5 Other Ways In: A Research-based Approach to Assessment; Chapter 6 Recording and Reporting Assessments; Chapter 7 Towards a Policy for Assessment; Chapter 8 Case Studies of Assessment in Action; Chapter 9 Conclusion;

Biography

Colin Conner